Review: Kissing Kendall – Jennifer Shirk

Kendall Grisbaum is finally taking charge of her life—pouring her heart into opening a new bakery business and even allowing her best friend Georgie to play matchmaker for her. Trouble is, the one guy she secretly wants is Georgie’s older brother, Brad, who is decidedly off limits.

Brad can’t seem to get his little sister’s best friend out of his mind. He and Kendall used to be close friends, too, and as a local policeman, Brad can’t help but play protector, looking out for Kendall. When he offers to help her renovate her new bakery space on the side, their friendship—and their attraction—flares back to life.

Amid the temptation of doughnut muffins and blueberry cobbler, a new temptation draws them both closer. Can they take a chance on love when it means risking their friendship, even when not doing so risks everything?

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Release Date:  December 7, 2012
Publisher:  Entangled Publishing
Source:  Provided by Publisher
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Reviewer’s Thoughts:

Kendall was trying to put her life back together, after the death of her husband, by making her dreams of opening a bakery come true.  As she works to get her bakery ready, with the help of her best friend’s brother, Brad, she discovers that all the fears that had her putting her life on hold might be what cause her to lose exactly what she’s looking for.

Who doesn’t love a romance involving the best friend’s hot brother and our heroine?  That’s exactly what we get with Kissing Kendall.  Kendall and Georgie are best friends.  Brad is Georgie’s older brother.  Brad was best friends with Kendall’s husband.  But Brad and Kendall have all these feelings for each and neither of them know exactly what to do with them now that Kendall is single.

While the story would get a 1 on the hotness scale, it gets a 4 for sweetness as we following Kendall and Brad through their rebuilding of their friendship (and Kendall’s bakery) to finally admitting how they feel for each other.  Kendall had to get over her fear of having another public servant significant other and Brad had to get over the whole little sister’s best friend/best friend’s wife issue, but in the end they were able to realize that begin together was worth all the fear and anxiety.

This was a cute, sweet story about finding love where you least expect it.  If you’re in the mood for a feel good read that won’t take an emotional toll, pick this one up.